11 super successful tech leaders who overcame the handicap of being late arrivals to America

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin

More than a third of the top tech companies in the US were founded by people born outside of the country.

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Their success stories drive many immigrants to come to the US in hopes of realizing the American Dream.

But just looking at their success makes it easy to overlook the fact that a lot of the immigrant founders had to overcome other problems - from language barriers to financial constraints - to achieve their extraordinary success.